Improvement in frames for curtain-fixtures



E. L. LLOYD.

FRAMES FOR CURTAIN-FIXTURES.

Patented Sept. 5.1876.

MFETERS, PNOYO-LITHOGRAPtlEfl, WASHINGTON, D c.

UNITED. STATES EDWIN L. LLOYD, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOROF ONE- PATENT OFFICE HALF HIS RIGHT TO SAMUEL T. LLOYD, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN FRAMES FOR CURTAIN-FIXTURES.-

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 181,952, datedSeptember 5, 1876; application filed March 16, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWIN L. LLOYD, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, haveinvented an Improvement in Curtain-Fixtures, of which the following is aspecification:

My invention relates to certain improvements in the curtain-fixture forwhich Letters Patent were granted to myself and Samuel T. Lloyd asassignees of H. E. Busch on the 16th day of March, 1875, the objects ofmy improvements being to so construct the frame carrying. the curtainthat it can be adapted to windows of different sizes, and can be readilyraised or lowered, and held in place after adjustment. These objects Iattain in the manner which I will now proceed to describe, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1 is a frontview of my improved curtain-fixture applied to the frame of a window;Fig. 2, a sectional plan on the line 1 2, and Fig. 3 a verticalsectional view of part of one of the side strips of the curtain-carryingframe.

The frame A, which is provided with brackets a a for the curtain-roller,consists of two side strips and a crossbar at the top. In the formerpatent above mentioned 'all these parts were rigid, so thateach framewas adapted to a window of but one size. This objection I overcome bymaking each side strip in two sections, b I), connected together by aband, 0, and by constructing the top cross bar in three sections, d, dand d, the section 01 being tubular, and the sections 01 and 61 attachedat one end to the side frames, and adapted at the other to the saidtubular section. By separating the sections 12 b to a greater or lessdegree, and securing them in position by the band 0, each of the 'sidestrips can be lengthened or shortened, as desired, and by means oftheadjustable cross-bar the side strips can be. set apart, so as toadapt the frame to windows of any width. B are T- shaped strips,

. secured to the main frame of the window, and

hung to brackets on the side strips 1), the long arms of the leversbeing so acted upon by springs 'i that their lower ends are alwayspressed firmly against the notched strips D.

By pressing upon the upper ends of the levers f, their lower ends arewithdrawn from contact with the notched strips, and the frame A can thenbe raised or lowered, so as to expose more or less of the upper portionof the window, as desired, the frame being retained in any position towhich it may be adjusted by removing the pressure from the upper ends ofthe levers f, thnspermitting their lower ends to engage with the notchesof the strips D'.

Either spring-rollers or rollers operated by a cord may be used inconnection with the frame.

I claim as my invention- 1. A curtain-carrying frame for windows inwhich a laterally-adjustable cross-bar at the top is combined with sidestrips made in sections adjustable vertically, as set forth.

'2. The combination of the vertically-adjustable curtain-carryin g frameand its spring-levers ff with the notched strips D D, secured to thewindow-frame,as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

EDWIN L. LLOYD.

Witnesses: I

HARRY HoWsoN, Jr., HARRY SMITH.

